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Airship vs Courier: which is more reliable? (2026)
Courier is more reliable than Airship, scoring 97.5 vs 79.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Airship reported 3 incidents and Courier reported 2, with effective uptime of 99.81% and 99.99% respectively. Courier resolves incidents faster on average (26m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Airship | Courier |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 79.8 | 97.5 |
| Rank (push notification services) | #6 | #2 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.81% | 99.99% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 3 | 2 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 8h 54m | 26m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Airship and Courier differ
- Airship reported 50% more incidents than Courier over the last 90 days (3 vs 2).
- Courier fixes problems faster: 26m on average, against 8h 54m for Airship (20.6× quicker).
- Airship's longest incident on record lasted 3d (Apr 17, 2026); Courier's lasted 3h 7m (Feb 2, 2026).
90-day uptime
Airship
Courier
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Airship incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 7, 2026 · resolved in 2h 23m
- MaintenanceSep 30, 2026 · resolved in 30m
- Degraded performanceSep 10, 2026 · resolved in 2h 31m
- MaintenanceAug 28, 2026 · resolved in 1h
- Degraded performanceAug 4, 2026 · resolved in 21h 49m
Recent Courier incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 10, 2026 · resolved in 15m
Affected: API
- Degraded performanceOct 9, 2026 · resolved in 37m
Affected: API
Other push notification services to consider
- Novu · #1 · 100% uptime
- Expo Push Notifications · #3 · 99.93% uptime
- Firebase Cloud Messaging · #4 · 99.91% uptime
- Batch · #5 · 99.83% uptime
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